Electrical Conductivity in Metals and Semiconductors# Band Structure, Equilibrium Carrier Concentration, Generation - Recombination, Defects and Their Effect On Electrical Properties. Junctions# Metal Semiconductor, P-n, Hetrojunction. Photovoltaic Effect, Photo-conductivity, Solar Cells. Dielectric Materials# Polarizability, Capacitance, Dielectric Constant, Dielectric Strength. Optical Properties# Absorption, Luminiscence and Lasers in Semiconductors, Absorption, Transmission, Reflection in Thin Films.

Faculty: Materials Science and Engineering
|Undergraduate Studies

Pre-required courses

114217 or 116217 - Solid State Physics or 127427 - Solid State For Chemists (extended)


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